Stove-shelf



(No Model.) I

L. A. WHITE.

STOVE SHELF.

No. 279,620. Patented Ju11e"19,1883.v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEONARD A. WHITE, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, ASSIGNOR TO THE TAUNTON IRON WORKSCOMPANY, OF TA'UNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOVE-SH ELF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.'2 79,620, dated June19, 1883.

Application filed September 8, 1882. (No model.)

and it consists in providing such a shelf with a cloth or towel rack, sothat the rack maybe quickly raised or lowered, as will be more fully setforth hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a perspective view,.showing the shelf secured to the stove,and provided with a hinged cloth or towel rack, the shelf beingconstructed to receive the rack when folded up, so that the bars will bebelow or even with the surface of the shelf. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the shelf and rack, the rack being folded upon the shelf. Fig. 3is an end view of the shelf, the rack being shown as folded under theshelf.

In the drawings, a represents a part of the stove or range, one end ofwhich is provided with hooks b,- or the rim of the stove may be providedwith holes, and the hooks may form part of the shelf 0.

d is a hinged cloth or towel rack provided with one or more bars 6, andthe shelf is provided with a number of grooves, g g, corresponding withthe number of bars on the rack, so that when the rack is folded upon theshelf the bars 6 6 will be even with or below the surface of the shelf,so that the shelf may be used for supporting any article.

f is a stop against which the lower end of the hinged arms of the rackrests, and so holds the same in its proper position. If desired, therack may be placed under the shelf, as shownin Fig. 3.

To make the shelf as light as possible, save metal, and improve theappearance, a number of holes are cast in the plate forming the shelf,and in place of the holes ornamental open designs or figures may be castin the plate.

This shelf can be readily detached, the rack may be readily raised orlowered, and when raised any cloths or towels will be suspended clear ofthe stove, while yet near enough to dry rapidly.

The arrangement presents a better appearance than shelves as usuallymade, the rack is more convenient, is simpler in construction, moreeasily raised and lowered, and forms a desirable adjunct to a stove orrange.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. The combination, with the shelf 0, secured to astove or range, and provided with the grooves g, of the hinged rack d,provided with one or more bars, 6, and constructed to fold on the shelf,so that the bars will enter the grooves, as described.

2. The combination, with the stove-shelf, of the rack d, pivoted to saidshelf, as shown, with the projections f on the side of the shelf, placedin the position shown to engage the ends of the rack-bars and hold therack in raised position, all substantially as described.

LEONARD .A. WHITE.

Witnesses: 7

JOHN F. MONTGOMERY, HANNAH T. MONTGOMERY.

